Prevent Future Roof Leaks
ELIMINATING ROOF LEAKS ELIMINATES YOUR HEADACHES As a facility manager or building owner, there are few things more frustrating, that cause more headaches, than roof leaks. Roof leaks are a very common problem, and they are also time consuming, frustrating, difficult, and expensive to fix. Each of these factors combined make roof leaks one of … Read more
Challenging Roof Designs – Domed Coliseum of West Virginia University
West Virginia University Coliseum gets an SPF facelift Often times, here at Insulated Roofing Contractors (IRC), we find ourselves rejuvenating a perfectly functional Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF) roof simply for cosmetic reasons. In the case of the domed West Virginia University Coliseum, the current SPF was still holding adhesion, offering good thermal insulation, and had … Read more
Recoating Your Roof to Eliminate Headhaches
CAN YOU SIMPLIFY THINGS BY RECOATING YOUR ROOF? The short and simple answer to this question is yes, you can greatly simplify things by recoating your roof. Specifically if you have a spray foam roof, recoating your roof is a fast, easy, and affordable way to make your life easier. When it comes time to … Read more
Developing Your Building Maintenance Budget
WHICH CATEGORIES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN YOUR BUILDING MAINTENANCE BUDGET? Writing a building maintenance budget is not an easy task. What items will come up? How should you plan for that? What categories should you include? Well, we can’t tell you exactly what your building maintenance budget should look like, but we can help you … Read more
Condition Assessment of Your Building’s Assets
PERFORMING A CONDITION ASSESSMENT WILL SAVE YOU MONEY If you own or maintain a building, you know that tools, equipment, and other assets breaking down and becoming inoperable is a major headache. If you’re getting geared up for a big week of production and one of your pieces of equipment goes down, you might miss out on … Read more
Performing Statutory Maintenance in Your Facilities
WHAT MAINTENANCE IS REQUIRED IN YOUR BUILDING? Regulations surrounding maintenance vary from country to country, state to state, and industry to industry. The maintenance regulations and requirements for a picture frame manufacturer in Texas will vary wildly from a food packaging plant in California. California being known for its stringent requirements on health, safety, and the environment, … Read more
Preventative Maintenance: Spend Money to Save Money
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE IS CRUCIAL TO KEEP YOUR EQUIPMENT RUNNING Any building that relies on equipment to run (which is almost every building) should have a preventative maintenance plan in place. A preventative maintenance plan keeps your building running, keeps your machines producing inventory, keeps your forklifts loading and unloading trucks, etc. Preventative maintenance is the … Read more
Budgeting for Unplanned Maintenance
WRITING A BUDGET LINE ITEM FOR UNPLANNED MAINTENANCE Could anything be more difficult, more vague, and more ambiguous than trying to budget for unplanned maintenance? Trying to plan specifically for the unplanned occurrence is no small order, but it can be done. Unplanned maintenance may be unplanned, but that doesn’t mean that it is unfounded, … Read more
Common Roofing Problems
RECOGNIZING ROOFING PROBLEMS IS STEP ONE OF AVOIDANCE The first step to avoiding common roofing problems in your properties is to recognize the roofing problem. You cannot fix, repair, or avoid roofing problems that you don’t know exist. In order to recognize these problems, it helps to know what the most common roofing problems are. … Read more
Common Causes of Roof Leaks
UNDERSTANDING THE COMMON CAUSES OF ROOF LEAKS CAN HELP YOU PREVENT THEM If you own or operate a commercial building, you know that roof leaks are just about inevitable. Roofs last a long time, and they experience problems during that time. They may not be as certain as death and taxes, but nearly every single … Read more
Overcoming Wind Uplift
A COMMON ROOFING PROBLEM IS WIND UPLIFT One of the most common roofing issues that building owners face today is wind uplift. This occurs when a strong wind blows across the top of your roof, and lifts up all or part of the roof with it as it blows. This is a very obvious problem. … Read more
Avoiding Roof Repairs
KEY STEPS TO AVOIDING ROOF REPAIRS In a previous post, we examined some common roofing problems at a high level. This post will more closely examine the problem of excessive roof repairs. More specifically, we’re going to look at avoiding roof repairs as a way to save time and money. Roof repairs aren’t necessarily a … Read more
